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Q. & A.

How the Hindu Right Triumphed in India

A razed mosque, a new temple, and the rise of Narendra Modi.
Dispatch

Narendra Modi’s New New Delhi

A multibillion-dollar revamp of India’s capital complex reflects the Prime Minister’s vision for the country’s future—and what he wants to erase from its past.
Letter from Biden’s Washington

What Joe Biden Didn’t Say to Narendra Modi

Whether “hypocritical pivot” or pure pragmatism, the President had more than one reason to skip the lectures on democracy.
Q. & A.

Why Is President Biden Hosting Narendra Modi?

The journalist Fareed Zakaria credits India’s Prime Minister with a strong national economy—and the decay of Indian democracy.
Q. & A.

Has Modi Pushed Indian Democracy Past Its Breaking Point?

With the media and judiciary already under attack, the Prime Minister’s main opponent was just banned from Parliament.
A Reporter at Large

The Promise and the Politics of Rewilding India

Ecologists are trying to undo environmental damage in rain forests, deserts, and cities. Can their efforts succeed even as Narendra Modi pushes for rapid development?
Q. & A.

What a Disturbing New Film Reveals About Modi’s India

“The Kashmir Files” depicts the decades-old exodus of Hindus from the Muslim-majority region. For nationalists, it’s perfect propaganda.
Daily Comment

At the U.N. Climate Summit, Could India Become a Champion, Not Just a Casualty, of the Crisis?

If the nation’s call to leadership in the twentieth century was decolonization, in this century it is decarbonization.
Q. & A.

Redefining Populism

A political philosopher offers a new way of looking at Donald Trump, Narendra Modi, Jair Bolsonaro, and other right-wing leaders.
Dispatch

India’s Epidemic of False COVID-19 Information

As patients and families frantically seek treatment, elected officials—and some physicians—have fuelled denialism and specious talk of miracle cures.
Daily Comment

In India, Narendra Modi’s Government Is Using the Courts to Attack Civil Rights

A lawyer who has fought for democracy for nearly fifty years finds herself under investigation by the state.
Q. & A.

How COVID-19 Will Hit India

The epidemiologist and economist Ramanan Laxminarayan discusses how the coronavirus pandemic is likely to play out across India, a country with densely inhabited cities and a relatively weak health system.
Q. & A.

The Real Objective of Mob Violence Against Muslims in India

The journalist and author Raghu Karnad discusses his experience reporting on the violence, how the Modi government capitalizes on the conflict, and the difficulty of finding accurate reporting in India.
Dispatch

How the Indian Government Watched Delhi Burn

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s top leaders—the Prime Minister included—seem to excel at creating conditions in which violence can unfold.
Q. & A.

India’s Citizenship Emergency

Niraja Gopal Jayal, the author of several books on Indian democracy, discusses recent efforts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to marginalize India’s Muslims and the greatest challenges facing those who care about the future of liberalism in the country.
Daily Comment

Has Narendra Modi Finally Gone Too Far?

In response to legislation approved last week by the Prime Minister, Indians are taking to the streets en masse, prompting crackdowns by the Army and police.
The New Yorker Radio Hour

Jamie Lee Curtis, the Original Scream Queen

The actor, who shot to fame in “Halloween,” won’t watch a scary movie. Plus, Dexter Filkins talks to an embattled journalist about the brutality of India’s Hindu-nationalist regime.
The New Yorker Radio Hour

Rana Ayyub on India’s Crackdown on Muslims

Dexter Filkins talks to the embattled Indian journalist about their time reporting together in Kashmir and the Indian ruling party’s violent suppression of Muslims.
The New Yorker Interview

Amartya Sen’s Hopes and Fears for Indian Democracy

The economist, philosopher, and public intellectual discusses his boyhood in pre-independence India, his decades-long work, and why contemporary politics hasn’t led him toward fatalism.
Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Another Whistle Blown on the Trump Administration

The President presses the Indian Prime Minister for dirt on Elizabeth Warren.